INELUCTABILITY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

ineluctability

noun

Definition of ineluctability

as in likelihood

the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade the continuing debate over the ineluctability of global warming

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Noun

The White House has previously downplayed the likelihood of immigration agents being deployed to polling locations, but Trump has refused to rule it out.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Practically, Sinner’s withdrawal increases the likelihood of a Spanish remontada.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of likelihood

Noun

Recent advancements have extended runway, and Epoch's own analysis treats continued scaling through 2030 as plausible but not an inevitability.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Given the near inevitability of natural, accidental, and weaponized biological incidents in the future, anxiety about growing risks is warranted, and it is magnified by the absence of a strategy to effectively manage those risks.

— Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of inevitability

Noun

An inactive bill on human remains has been revived in the final stretch of the state Legislature’s regular session and entirely refashioned to add a level of certainty to the Midway Rising mega project.

— Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Blonde loosens the plot, leaning into the unreliability of memory and the false truths that occupy the gaps between love and certainty.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of certainty

Noun

But in watermarking the text, AI systems readjust the probability of each of those possible words, biasing the model subtly in favor of some words over others.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
On Wednesday, Polymarket traders put only a 31% chance of bitcoin topping $80,000 this year, according to Benzinga, which noted traders also priced a 75% probability for the cryptocurrency to fall below $60,000.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of probability

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